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- ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF PROPOSED BROOKLIN CONSERVATION AREA on Ea ARTIST JULIUS: DAMASDY has sketched his impression of the proposed three-acre swim pond, on the Oshawa creek at | the site of the proposed Brook- lin Conservation Area. The area is also referred to as Scheme | One by the authority. Just west Sr ATR ak 123-acre scheme will provide picnic grounds, swimming, | trout fishing, and nature trails | in its natural state. Adjacent to the swim pond is a plateau, on which 1000 cars could be park- ed. The land for the proposed scheme will cost $50,000, and $5000 is earmarked for devel- opment this year. The dams near the headwaters of the Oshawa creek, will control the spring run off, and will ensure a regular source of water for the creek. The conservation park will be used to demon- | strate proper soil management, | and control of erosion to farm- ers, and will control the water level of the Oshawa creek area. | The recreational aspect of the of Columbus, the property is twelve and three-quarter miles | from Oshawa, and six and three-quarter miles from Whit- by. Further up the stream it is proposed to, have two trout ponds, each almost two acres in area, and a beaver dam, left tario Conservation Authority's | budget of $69,000 for this year. dhe Oshawa Times -- SECOND SECTION OSHAWA, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1960 Description List Personnel | Of the Area Of Authority The Brooklin Con consists of 123 acres, more or|servation Authority is appointed water and reforestation board. less, lying in parts of Lots 18/by nine municipalities. The Clarke Township (one repre- and 19, Concession 7, of Whitby members of the authority, who sentative) -- E. Dent, council Township. |they represent and their position member, authority member, and The property is six and three- on the authority is noted below. chairman of the public relations quarter miles from Whitby and| Oshawa (three representatives) | advisory board. twelve and three-quarter miles Alderman Hayward Murdoch | East Whitby from Oshawa. Access roads to authority member; William representative) the property cross Highways 2, Owens, chairman of the author-/her, authority member, 'and 7 and 401 ity; Ross Bennet, authority mem- chairman of the conservation There are 15 acres of wood- ber and member of conservation| areas advisory board. land, most of it on the slopes of areas fish and wildlife advisory| Whitby Township (one repre- the valley, through which the board. sentative) -- Ww -A. Heron, reeve creek flows. White Cedar is the| Whitby (two representatives)-- of Whitby Township, and vice predominant species, interspersed Mrs. S. L. (Joyce) Burns, council chairman of the authority. with hemlock, white pie, poplar, representative, and member + and a few maple and elm. |public relations board; Harvey|leSentative) E _ James, The open or table land, west of| Winter, authority member ana|Souncil member: authority Sem the valley, is about 75 acres in/Past thairman of Public Rela- ei] 20 Thgumal o v 2p Ne area. Gully and sheet erosion is|tions Bosrd, is a ember vf Ina] aise control and reforestation " ils use, wa . i * " eoimon vi Sete Sls: ots ord, er, an iii Reach Township (one epreses. about 35 acres. Bowmanville (one representa- por. authori oD upc mem The main buildings on the|tive) -- 0. J. Presson, council|member of the land use board property are a 50-year-old house member, authority member, and| Chairmen of the various com- recently renovated, and a large member of Public Relations|mittees may request the serv- dairy barn. The estimated cost/Board lices of anyone whom they feel to build the barn today is said Darlington Township (one rep- might be of service to their com- to be $25,000. resentative) -- F, G. Smith, coun- mittee Three old dams are on the property, which could be easily| restored. If the ponds were re-| stored, two could be an acre and one half each in area, while the third, used for swimming, would be three acres in area. PAGE NINE oo - prvation area Vana Bie Fd 4 Township (one Gordon Cor- F | | Band Opens | Season On | Thursday | {) MAP SHOWS CREEK TOPOGRAPHY Location Said Ideal The following is a general de scription of the proposed Brook- lin Conservation area, generally called by the local authority "Scheme One" A number of years ago, this same property was proposed, by a group of private interests, as part of a suitable location for a Country club and a memorandum was prepared by these individ- uals outlining their hopes for development. However, due to The band of the Ontario Regi- {ment will start off the summer) {series of band concerts at the McLaughlin Band Shell Thurs- dey, June 16, at 8:30 p.m Mayor Lyman A. Gifford is quire some of the latter property at a future date." expected to be on hand to offi-| "The flood-plain land would /cially open the summer pro-| also be included in the recrea.2rams and introduce the master tional development providing|®f ceremonies, Lt.-Col. M. C space for the conétruction of a Finley. beach and possibly playing fields] The band, under the direction of a general nature. The inclu- Of Lieutenant F. J. Francis, has sion of a beach is necessary to Prepared a fine opening program control the recreational activity|and has included the Grand in a manner commensurate with March Triumphant "Whitehall", ew anager the operation of publicly owned)' 'Tancredi Overture", Cornet lands. {duet the Tit-Larks will be played| It was announced Friday after-|officer in Alberta. From 1951 to "The old dams could be re. by corretists Bill Martyn and noon that Samuel Francis Don-|1956 he was assistant inspector in stored and used to impound Frank Heaton. Rodgers and|nelly will succeed S. A. (Sandy) Toronto and for the next two water for both flood control and Hammerstein's Oklahoma an d|Cross as the manager of the Sim-|years was manager of the Cox- recreation, This dual purpose, Finlandia by Sibelius will be out-|coe and Bond streets branch of|well and Gerrard streets branch according to the department re.|standing The program will be/the Royal Bank of Canada in|in Toronto. His service in St. port, 'makes, this property a de-|climaxed with Slavonic Rhap- Oshawa next Wednesday. |Thomas dated from 1956 to the sirable acquisition from the sody No. 2 by Friedmann. Mr. Cross who came from New present. standpoint of the authority." | The guest soloist for this occa- York three years ago to assume, wy popnelly is married and EE RE sion will be Ross Cotton, bari-/the managership of the branch,|ya5 three children, Kenneth, 11; | tone, who will be accompanied 'S being transferred to Winnipeg Frances, 8 and John Patrick, 3. y Nz , where he will be manager of the| : i i at the piano by James Mayhew. ""% branch. = M g ,| During his residence in Osh- The band shell has heen re. Main ranch. Mr. Donnelly| . : "comes to Oshawa from St./A%a, Mr. Cross has been active painted and the flower gardens! 4 Y ; : NS Thomas where he was manager 5 @ member of the Rotary Club, enlarged to make a beautiful of the main branch 5 ag curling club and golf club and setting for the new season" of fd has given much time to civic . ISTARTED IN WHITBY concerts. projects. --- Mr. Donnelly's appointment to the Oshawa bank means that he is returning to the area where he started in the banking business in 1934. In that year he started {work in the Whithy branch. At Test Research | that time his father, William A. SAMUEL F. DONNELLY S. A. CROSS Royal Bank Has these not Bank Teller Dies Of Heart Attack on the proper 2 Rd circumstances at the time, cer- tain obstacles arose, and the "ecountry-club" idea was aban doned As THREE PONDS Satl t as The efforts of early con servationists were 1ltogether - lost. They did succeed in deév Is Ad eloping the property to some journe | degree. For example the branch of the Oshawa creek on the] An assault charge, against Property was ganymed Fo ne members of the Seventh-day aces 0 rovide ponds w ich " " : is Yi swimming and| dVentist Church, in Oshawa, fishing was remanded for hearing, June The Ontario department of|17. when it came up in Magis- T lks D 1 Y d planning and development sug-/trate's Court, Friday, 2 d e a e onnelly, now living retired af| HAMILTON (CP) --- A hank gests in its report areal "my. oe accused. pers : GENEVA (AP) -- The nuclear|Tweed, was the agent for the, 'cller, locked in his wire - mesh "the property could be developed| Sed Persons Were (ost han conference decided Fri-|Canadian Pacific Railway in| booth, died of a heart attack Fri- to demonstrate conserva.(.'arren D. Michael. 1270 King day to postpone indefinitely any Whitby day before fellow employees tion practices St E.; Dr. A. E, King, of King further discussion of a co-ordina-| During his residence in' Whitby| , = § Ployees Reforestation could i.. Stanley Hartwig, Town- ted three - power research pro- Mr. Donnelly was active nl Could smash, the steel door to get plemented on the steep § Rd., Oshawa, and Alpha|gram to improve detection of un- sports, playing with the junior him out adjacent lo the flo d plain in McPherson. also of the Townline derground nuclear explosions OHA team there for four years.! Herbert Sprott, 54, of Hamil- addition to sound management Rd "We decided to get off alg ' iy ton, was making up payrolls in practices on the existing wood-|' The charge was laid by J merry-go-round which did not SERVED OVERSEAS number of the mnesfoot - square oy Bank land. Milton Smith, of 81 Mutual St. take the conference anywhere," branches of the Royal Bank he practice required him to lock NATURE TRAIL SYSTEM Toronto western sources said. {enlisted in the Canadian Army at|himself in. The only other key "A nature trail system could] Mr. Smith claimed his arm poe delegate Semyw K. | Guelph in 1940. He served over-| "a5 unavailable. be incorporated info the area tq/was twisted during an attempt|jast A Bel Mali ow seas and after 5% years' service| . A customer saw Mr. Sproft provide hiking throu the to prevent his attendance at the!passador : James ne Wad B m returned to the bank at its Yonge thrashing. on the floor and em- ing woodland and hureh dedication ceremony, Ap- and 'Britain' Sir Michie, i and College streets branch in To- ployees called the fire depart- part of the prese vil 23. He is a former member of the Soviet Union Would 2% o " rome ment. During the fey: minutes it 18 if it became po congregation, | OICRFC OLE onduct| He was named. an inspector in| took to smash the lock with an bo research program of its own.' 1947 and from 1948 to 1951 a staffiron bar, Mr. Sprott died. the bush on Lot ible to ace > pr iT ire REET STR May Buy Farm For Conservation for citizens in this area. The | city of Oshawa is levied $20,- | 000, of the Central Lake On- | | SHOWN SITTING ON a hill- | side, artist Julius Damasdy is seen skecthing his conception of the proposed swim pond at the proposed BrooklinConservation Area, 12 miles northwest of Osh- | awa. Bill Marshall, looking on, | is the former secretary of the Central Lake Ontario Conserv- tion Authority. Marshall guided | and an Oshawa Would Spread Cost Of Few persons in this area have, heard of the Central Lake On- tario Conservation authority, and even fewer know what it is try- ing to do. As the authority has a budget of $69,000 for this year, and is authorized to levy the communi- ties in its area for funds, The Oshawa Times interviewed the chairman of the authority, Wil- liam Owens of Oshawa, recently to ascertain the views of the au- g thority on several important sub- % jects, pertaining to the authority. The questions and answers are _ listed below: Q. What is the conservation au- thority? A. It is an agency which has the conservation activities and management of natural renew- 8 able resources. JURISDICTION EXPLAINED Where is its' jurisdiction? A. The area encompasses ter- BM ain east from Ajax up to Chalk lake, over to the northwest tip of Clark township and south to Lake arm operition of the fish and game clubs) TO CO-OPERATE at is the budget for the in 1960, and how is it ? tures, the remainder is allocated to administrative and subsidy costs, In reference to Scheme One, the proposal to buy the Cooper farm, could the farm be paid for over a period of five years, thus making Oshawa's share, per year for five years rather than $20,000 this year? A The farm could be paid for in five years, but there are seve eral objections to this. The option is $50,000, hai of this has to be paid when the option is ac- | cepted, the remainder could be fi- nanced over a period of five years, but this would have re- quired the approval of the muniei- {pal board of the Ontario Gov- ernment, a lot of red tape, and |considerable payments of in- | terest. 4 Ontario. The area includes five NO SIMILAR SITUATION area, and how the topography of the valley could be viilizgh for damming the stream fo create ponds. He also explained why the land is valuable for conservation and park pur- poses. As the artist sketched, cattle were grazing in the cen- tre of the land that will flooded, when the dams are re- stored. be | |soil erosion' and fl watersheds. Q. What is conservation? A. It is the wise use, manage- ment and restoration of natural renewable resources. Q. What are you doi s A. There are no actual flood problems in this authority. There is no soil erosion except on stream banks, and some sheet erosion and gully erosion. Where ng about ? | Q. Why was the complete pro- gram of conservation plans for the proposed area never sub- {mitted to the municipalities in- | volved? | A This is not required It has {never been done before in the er- | ganization of 27 authorities, and |in 15 years of operation. The peo- ple whom we work with in the {provincial department, and con- {tacts on other authorities have | never come up against a situation The Central Lake Ontario Con-|ber, is a member of the land use, | Pickering Township (one rep-| w | formation on establishing gaug- i sible to install gauging stations g | meeting, moved Damasdy individual farmers or property such as we have in this area. owners are having erosion diffi-| : " culties, the authority can help Se I6 going to benefit from them. g A. Everybody! Farmers will REFORESTATION benefit from educational demon- Q. What is being done about strations of land use programs, reforestation, where, and how rural and city adults will realize many trees have been planted? how important proper use of land A. No trees have been planted, |is. This scheme will be tangible as this is a difficult project to|evidence to see what can be start. Crown lands would have to|achieVed with proper land use. be required, or private lands| Children will benefit through O F : | Il 1nances bought before conservation for-|the educational use of the prop- {ests could be started. However, ajerty in conjunction with schools. It would seem that the Central for the benefits we will receive?" program of education has been|Nature trails will be developed, Lake Ontario Conservation Au-/asked Mayor Martin. started, apd a subsidy will beso that children will be able to thority, born of an urge to save; Bowmanville Mayor Wilf Car-| paid to farmers who wish to re-\see birds, animals and trees in money, may now founder in/ruthers was concerned about forest some of their lands. |their natural setting, | rough financial seas. : taking tillable land out of produc-| Q. What is meant by the 'term, RECREATION PROG | 'At a recent executive meeting tion. be 5 '| RAM of the 'CLOCA, the mayors off "We may wake up some day Jildiife CORServalion? How many| q what recreation program is Oshawa, Whitby, Bowmanville and find we 'need arable land," Peasts are invowved: envisaged for this scheme? and the reeve of Darlington town- he said. A. Wilflife conservation is re-| A. The only recreational aspect lated to the principals of the use,|will be the development of artifi- Py 5 Times reporter over the area, explaining the plans for the | --Oshawa Times Photo | ship were unanimous in insisting] RECREATION SECONDARY i | that $50,000 was too much to pay| Garnet Rickard, reeve of Dar-| ion of|cial lakes and the restoration of for 123 acres of land a few miles lington township, stated that, "if wet lands, and the planting ofjtrout streams. | north-west of Columbus. people want fish and hunt clubs,|hedgerow and cover restoration| q will commercial concessions | The Authority wants the land|let them pay for it. We shouldn't|/for the use of animals. be granted, such as a snack bar, to "develop . as a conservation pay for this out of real estate p taurant. and AA area" in the (taxation)." | Q How much will this cost? A will be no commercial {words of the Jan. 19, 1960 min-| Authority Chairman William | A. The cost is negligible, except|jsm, whatsoever. Any commer- {utes of a CLOCA meeting. {Owens assured ; Reeve . Rickard|for the acquisition of wet lands. |gja] projects on the property will | FORMED IN 1957 that any recreation scheme would In this respect we have the Co-|destroy what we are trying to |" The CLOCA's conception date|Pe "of a secondary nature. ~ |build. However, on some of the was June 4, 1957. On this date,|, Oshawa Mayor Lyman A. Gif- other conservation area projects the Oshawa Regional Planning ford ievied 2 Je price. Ald such as the ome at Metro, hot | Association decided to obtain in.|.aywarc Murdoch, an Oshawa water for tea and an ice cream representative on the authority, booth are dispensed by the Cana- added that "the cost of the dian National Institute for the . Junior Farmers I. creeks lying within ghe ORPA's Seems. aout we hat Plan Field Day | Blind. jurisdiction. ; bination." | The 15th Annual Ontario Coun-| v Reason: to better Sstimite the LED DELEGATION ty Junior Farmers' Field Day, VED ONLY CARETAKER at ang] Spring ru Wow Pro. In fact, Mayor Gifford led a/Will be held at the Port Perry as caretaker for the property. He [Tie ; i eas under its juris.| delegation to Toronto to complain High School, Port Perry, on Sat-| "0 yo ccommodated in the 3 ls in; the areas § JUN personally to Planning Minister|urday, June 18. "_|farm house. A large part of his ic on 4 1957. E. A. G o. | Nickle that none of the concern- The program for the day will salary could be raised by the On July 4, 1957, E. A. Gomme, | oq "y nioinalities had seen plans|Pegin with the inter-club boys h of a 50 cent parking fe an official of the provincial plan- of "Scheme One", the author.|nd girls softball games. In the|charge of a cent parking fee ning department said it was pos-| jo, "ool" eo d development | afternoon there will be regular Which 1s, Customary on conserva- f the 123 ac [track and field day events. ion S. Eo jat mo cost if a conservation 9 the Ta ton made no| In the evening there will be a Q. Can the municipalities back | authority were established. secret of thie fact that ti ddi.| Sauare dance competition. This is|out of the Conservation program? | COUNCIL MOTION fiom of $20.00 (Oshiwa's share|the second year that the Annual| A. Under the terms of the act, Dene Veg shawa's share|nnianrio County Junior Farmer's|municipalities cannot back out of the committment to a conserva- In December of the same year, of the 1960 Authority levy) to the! iat Ald. John Brady, at an ORPA budget just days before the bud} sociation Square Dance Com tion authority, they can only ape peal to the provincial depart- a iio that gov was struck, "was very naor|EHition, will be held Follow |... the ORPA approve the es-|planning". |5 144 infrbsryin tablishment of a conservation au- "JELLED VERY LATE" LO Spelitice a ne present time there is no existing : "hai ; .__ [there will be a hard-time dance thority. Chairman Owens explained|to which all Ontario County Jun- legislation that can be used to dissolve an authority. If the com- Six months later, at the June, that plans for scheme one 'had jor Farmers are invited. 1 1958 meeting of the ORPA, Chale Jelied very late" and that the| The four junior farmer clubs of man C. C. McGibbon announced) authority wanted the levy includ-|Ontario county will be competing ies h i the Central Lake Ontario Conser-|ed in the 1960 municipality bud-/in the field y events. These munities drive this authority out vation Authority was a reality. |gets so the land could be pur-|clubs are from Beaverton, Port of business they will have to re- $800 PER ACRE _ |chased and development of the Perry, Brooklin, and Uxbridge, |2Ppoint Sow Jeers to it and Whitby Mayor Stan Martin|land could get started. These field days have always [start the authority all over again. argued, at the June 2, 1960 meet-' Latest development is this: been well attended and competi- There bs only me person Yespon sible for the indica down of this authority, and that is Mayor Lyman A. Gifford, ing stations on one or two major ing, that since the area includes Next Tuesday night, at a regular tion is always very keen as there a farm with 60 acres of tillable CLOCA meeting in Oshawa city|are many trophies and other land: "We are paying close to hall, the 13 members of the au- honors to be won. $800 per acre for land we can use thority will be compelled to an- for conservation purposes. |swer "Yes" or "No". to the ques- "Aren't we paying too much tion: Are you in favor of a Con-| for what we are trying to do, and servation Authority, or not? (®) ary (@) serve Swim Class 40th Anniversary | played by members of the Osh- 0 {awa Duplicate Bridge Club, at Woodview Park Clubhouse, Tues- n July 11 day night were | | North and South: Mrs, ¥. BOWMANVILLE -- Swimméng| Wadsworth and © Mrs. M. R. classes for children in Bowman.|Past President John G. Geikie Clarke, 87% points; J. Coles and Ville will begin July 11 at the|conducting the program. Mrs. H. Cruwys, 79%; Mrs. G. A. Ontario Training School for speaker will be Past District (Rundle and Mrs. E. M. Culp, |Boys' Pool. Registration forms Governor Stanley F. Everson, § | 77%; Mrs. F. Rundle and Mrs. Will be available at the recrea-|who served the club as president N. Daniel, 75: Mrs. E. Chant and tion office in the Lions Centre or/during the 1950-51 Rotary Year. [Mrs. E. Stewart, 68% tirough the public schools. Rotarian Everson in his re- East and West: Clare Keith W- W. "Bill" Bagnell willjmarks will recall some of the and Mike Tooley, 99: Mrs, S. @83in be the chief instructor, as.|carly history of Oshawa as well Sheridan and Mrs. J. Timmins, sisted by Murray Walker, David|as some of the interesting facts (85: Dr. and Mrs. S. Kandel, 80% Milne and Doris Martin. about the formation of the local : {M Moffatt and R. Morris, 73%;:| Classes will be conducted for|club and.its growth and develop- | [Mr, and Mrs. O. Hobbs, 65% Sedpoled (non-swimmers), Red ment over the years. : 5 : { on ov dram a 'ross eginners (last year's] The Rotary Club of Oshawa Mrs MR Clarke Wes Non by Tadpoles who swam at least one|was sponsored by the Rotary te -- 2 length of the pool), Junior, In-|Club of Toronto and received its al . {termediate and Senior Red Cross charter in April, 1920. At Mon- GREAT GROUP tests. The Minimum age for try-/day's ,uncheon the president of CALGARY (CP) -- Boy Scot (re the Senior Red Cross Test| the Toronto club as well as the A i land wolf cub groups form anlis 13 years of age. presidents of the Rotary Clubs TANLEY F, lever growing SO Herel In order to take part in these|in Whitby, Bowmanville, Ajax, §' : EVERSON it . {swimming lessons you must com-|and Port Hope will be honored seas which have been presented [with 6,804 members now, com-|plete an application form. The|guests, The four latter clubs/tc members of the local club {paved with 1.609 in 1950. The minimum age for anyone wish-/were sponsored by the Oshawajduring visits to these clubs. {present toal of 99 scouting|ing to take lessons is seven (7) Club. A number of the members of {groups includes 2,130 scouts, 4,625 Years oid, as of June 1, 1960.| An interesting feature of the/the club have served as presi- B= } a i 49 ? WW Fach swimmer must supply his meeting will be a display of the dents of other Rotary Clubs be- cubs and 49 rovers, or senior or her own towel and swimming banners of other clubs in Can-|fore moving to Oshawa. They scouts. 'suit, w.. ada, the United' States and over-Iwill eile charge of the singing. Bridge Club 'High Scores The high scores for games | Members of the Rotary Club |of Oshawa, at their luncheon } |meeting in Hotel Genosha next Monday, will mark the 40th anni- versary of the granting of the club charter. The day will also be observed as Past Presidents' Day with aH;